A group of pro-Brexit Tory MPs led by Jacob Rees-Mogg were spoon-fed questions intended to undermine their own government, according to newly revealed documents. This is often the job of the opposition.
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In another 2016 ERG guide, MPs were encouraged to ask Theresa May, then home secretary, about Turkey, “free movement” for 80 million Turks and EU’s ability to negotiate a refugee deal with Turkey. ERG MPs were told they should quiz the Foreign Office on whether Turkish citizens should have Schengen visas and whether they should have automatic access to the UK. EPRG – European Pipeline Research Group We address issues of common interest concerning the technical integrity of oil & gas transmission pipelines, in the areas of pipe manufacture, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance.
At 11.00pm on Friday 31st January the UK and Northern Ireland will exit the European Union 188 weeks after the referendum on June 23rd 2016. Details of the ERG’s inner workings were revealed after openDemocracy fought a successful legal battle with the spending watchdog, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The ERG’s work, claimed as part of MPs’ pooled resources, is supposed to be research that is politically neutral, essentially not for party political purposes. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but public money is being used to pay for this disruptive, often ill-informed dross.”. Brexit briefing: How long until the end of the transition period? Tag: European Research Group. Public money is being used to pay for this disruptive, often ill-informed dross.
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The highly secretive body seems to devote most of its efforts to what, if it were left-wing, would be called plotting.
“None of the output reaches the level of analysis or research of any research report I’ve seen from an academic, NGO or think tank,” Peers added. The European Research Group (ERG) has been the most influential lobbying force in Westminster since Britain voted to leave the EU a year and a half ago, pushing May towards a …
These include claims on welfare for immigrants, under-reporting of migration, UK jobs linked to exports to the EU, and predicted economic shocks as a result of Brexit. Beyond the ‘fortune-cookie’ summaries there is scare-mongering. Does the Secretary of State agree that were Turkey to join the EU giving free movement rights to 80 million Turks would damage not only the UK's labour market but our security as well? European Research Group ‘corruption of Conservatism’ says senior Tory, Barnier tells Tory moaning at EU ‘demands’: ‘You voted for them’.